testiclen.
/ˈtɛstɪk(ə)l/ a. Each of the two ellipsoid glandular bodies, constituting the sperm-secreting organs in male mammals, and usually enclosed in a scrotum; = testis n.2 1a.
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > testicle or testicles
bollockeOE
codOE
stone1154
balla1325
cullionc1386
genitoriesa1387
pendantsa1400
bollock stone?a1425
testiclec1425
jewelc1475
dimissariesa1513
dowsetc1560
pill1608
bauble1654
Aaron's bells1681
nutmegs1690
codlings?1691
testis1704
spermarium1861
spermary1864
marblesa1866
nut1865
knackers1866
rock1918
cobbler1934
plum1934
gooly1937
nad1964
cojones1966
nadgers1967
noonies1972
c1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 14 His testicules war bolned out of mesure.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 21 b/1 This swellinge..of the testicles.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. iv. 112 That a Bever to escape the Hunter, bites off his testicles or stones, is a tenent very ancient. View more context for this quotation
1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) I. 307 It is very certain, and has often been observed that the Hottentot men have but one testicle.
1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 168 Small-pox... Inflammation of the ovary or the testicle is occasionally observed.
b. Rarely applied to the corresponding organs in non-mammals: see testis n.2 1b.
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1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 36 Testicles or Stones, and especially stones of fatte Cockes..be very good and great nourishers.]
1712 J. Warder True Amazons 10 [The Drone has] a large pair of Testicles, as big as great Pins Heads.
1861 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 3) x. 272 Both the ovary and testicle are evidently temporary organs.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 389 The testicle is an elongated sac which lies on the ventral aspect of the intestine.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > ovary
testicle1560
kidney1575
ovary1653
ovarium1668
testis1706
oophoron1833
1560 tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde (new ed.) i. sig. H.vii The right stone or testicle in a woman.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 364 The Womb with its Ligaments and the Testicles may hurt the Loins.
1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 66 Membranes..capable of a prodigious extension, as we see in the Hydatides of the female Testicles or Ovaries.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > orchids > early purple orchids
standengussa1400
standelworta1500
gandergoose?1550
adder's grass1551
ragwort1552
cuckoo orchis1578
fool's ballocks1578
Palma Christi1578
standergrass1578
fool's stones1597
fox-stones1597
goat's stones1597
goat stones1597
testicles1597
dead man's finger1604
long purples1604
dead man's thumb1652
man orchis1670
monkey orchisa1678
meadow orchis1753
military orchis1784
male orchis1785
ram's horn1832
lady orchis1846
dead man's hand1853
scorpion plant1866
phalaenopsid1880
walking orchid1910
soldier orchid1934
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 169 The first is called..in English sweete smelling Testicles or Stones.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations.
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1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 157 In the European species of Serranus a testicle-like body is attached to the lower part of the ovary.
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis ix. 306 Finely granular testicle-cells.
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